Plot
the narrator's heart reveals this
the truth
alliteration
What is the close repetition of initial consonant sounds
the effect produced by trochaic octameter
What is inhuman, eerie, odd, sing-songy
situational irony
the opposite of is expected
Divine Insight is often seen as....
MADNESS
Tripetta
Hop-Frog's partner
iambic
What is a pattern of rhythm containing two beats, one unstressed and the other stressed?
The time of day that opens the Raven
midnight
dramatic irony
when the audience knows something the characters do not
If you are too sensitive, you might also become this
insane/a murderer
The element that drives the narrator to murder
What is the old man's eye?
rhyme scheme
refers to the pattern of end rhyme
Pallas Athena
the bust over the door upon which the Raven perches; represents wisdom
rhyme, rhythm, and sonic devices offer a poem a sense of
unity
the rhythm of Dickinson's poetry
iambic
the place the narrator says the old man has gone
What is the country?
the two sonic effects included in the phrase "good as gold"
alliteration and consonance
the color of royalty, implies the wealth of the speaker has not saved him from sorrow
purple
point of view
the perspective from which a story is told. (most common is third person limited or third person omniscient; but poe uses First Person in Tell tale heart)
a paraphrase of "success in circuit lies"
you will be successful if you approach [the truth] in a roundabout manner
Hop-Frog's Revenge
He murders the King and his advisors and escapes
an example of assonance
short dork
the phrase "quaff this kind nepenthe" refers to this
What is a mythological drink that erases a person's memory?
Adjective used to describe the rhythm, meter and rhyme scheme of the Raven
Rigid, obsessive, unrelenting
a paraphrase of "The Truth's superb surprise/As Lightning to the Children eased/With explanation kind
the truth must be given to people in degrees or in stages, and with comforting explanations